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nortth-carolina gazette vol p saturday september 6 17^4 n 452 l o n d o n l yesterday mr syiifter thernef fencer arrived a t : c i\r-::-r v sotlke wi h difpa<che from :':- du t of yurk elat ed rournay the 20th inft on the id : :, the army wider the com mand of his rcyu i â– ighnt^i marched from tounuv o p-rtc a viii^e abouc halfway between ictfrnay a::d where they u't-z^i^-vrc bÂ»refl on their arms i.i expectation of proceeding iu a few liour but whatever ny h,;v wen the cbj.ct of this mcvemÂ«ut i ras found lieccfiary to abando.i it on h ; igth the tr^o wer ordered t.j rieafure j.ick iiiclr fteps ;* r.nd t iivc in the evening fefumed their ior.,iti pofition ::: tourn *. r ilu vi&oty of the i6rh on the sn;;ibre was iv ,'â– , , i .'.;.', a the firtt account re prefenrea an.i h 5 3 produced no benciicia conitq nee a though oni win of the allied army was faecefsftil the other win was repulfed kven the cruiilia gazette fays that the^fourth colum not only ijkd to ma any idiprcffion u;)o2i the enerr.v but was obliged to ojyv g rcun d , the trench maintained their pofis in the wcods r.ii the bruff b u!e of the su-i.brc which gen count k i ii.it v was di/m'tjfed for allow ing then to occupy ant on the isih again invefted clnrl-ro n greater tcrcc than e v:râ€”.'oine accounts fay to the number of letteis receive from the khine iatej that the french ret n roitdhon of the lines of g;r:?rilic"im from which according to the accounts published at drmtcjs they are faid to^have been driven fometirre ago with great lofe thehr arm on the rhine has received i".c:i iarrtorciiiforcemuiuf as to be able 10 k offenfjvely , n t x x lth i;ii '' fhe 7 nde - r - attntk on the pfufii ns near tlic defiles of anwcihr but were forced to retreat on the 13th they acivaacid to st imbert korr.back mid bnefcaitel where they eftablifhed a camp i he emperor had not ai rived atthe heaa quarter of the aujlri.:n army on the r-hbc on the i 4 rji init but he was expea cdhourk acco mts are rective from lord hood dated oah ido/j-me he was about to a^r k c vi _ i lie engiifh licet had raken tiic iv.ovslie frigate ami fcveral ooats laden wiili pr vifio.'is cÂ«a5p or e lou lear thjelt , jl.-.c 2\',i four in the morning 5 1 have m;l â€¢ tiiii 1 to inform you of the roelandioh'pcftirreofaftuirsm v/cf flan tlcra ypres furrendered yeficrday morning the garri.cn confiftin [ of ten battalions much fsduced in nuaitrer by the fie-e are pri onefa ot war and have been eicortedtd lille '* he iiansverians are.at unices tfrhere the b:i:!i!i who were at oiiend joined them i.iil r/ioht . general clairfayt is Â« thielf and un lefs he receive reinforcements mutt fall back upon ghent to morrow c * ntver was hen fu'ch a break up as that of veflerdav at oftcnd ! ever body that could find the means were quitting that place j h magiftrates and people of pro perty were all when the french come they will find nothing but magazines em fy fnops fhut up and iioufes defcrf ed general stewart yefterday gave leave to.all the inhabitants to depart all the ihips in the harbour vrere ordered out mt5 tne road and a the baggage belonging to the raff the 85th resifuent of foot and tlie 8th drajropns was embarked the df par-aro of i^rince ernsft was the ggnai of alarm and flight 11 1 hf / rcncli came yrrrf:nt;y v/ith co,cro ea to ilouflc]jer r . a piquetof 30 rr.cn cork which mention that two englhh fri â€¢ gates had lowtd into that port a french fliip of 74 guns which had been crippled by the grand f t under the command of eari howe - the lit inft f * >* ''â€¢ : lo d :; gazette whitehall juni 17 a left r ot which the f 1 cwirfg is a copy wa la(t night re < ived from ra,ajor general a.cxanri-r stewut by the right hon henry du i.das his m sjefl/'s principal fee retary of late for the home de artinent . cjlend junt 14 1704 sfr i think it try cvy to inform you that lieuccnnant coione pitcairn wi !\ the 3th light draggopns and the 8th and 55th ie g rr.en of to :, joinedthis garrifon yeder tlay moriiir m yr gcaenl dc ebmmerftoin une'er whofe comniduu they were had failed irt n tctack he mtuie the d y before on avery fuperio u.x:x of the en my f t ghift af ter a\t aâ‚¬lfon he retreated to thorcut arra ia ihe r.igi.t falling b.rck himfclf with ire h-.ro7eiians to big , he ordered he briuih w'onps r u.eii r utenu n colonel pitcairn fpeaks % r ery r vourahje of ti c j.da of tl.efe regiinents jjubjoi'.i d is a lift of the killed wounded and miffing 1 hsvc ihe honour to be sir your rrot obedient humble lervant alex 8'iewart major genera cctnmnndi g at oftend toÂ»the tiight hon henry dundas cc return of the killed we unded 2nd r .â– f fing of the brtifh troops en the 1 th of jun t7q4 at g f s 38th re o inn.rr 1 private killed 1 fer jeant and 2 rank and iiic vrounded j 4 i^if sy regiment 1 ferjeant and 4 privates ki le ! ; 1 officers 2 ferjeants a id 2 pri v?.t s wounded ; 9 privates rrriijaig tu:al i ferjeant and 5 privates killed 2 rflicers 5 ierjear.ts and 31 privates wounded ; 13 privates miffing officers wounded captain james lumfdsin ami lieutennant wild ajmlriiiyrjfce jine 14 1794 a letter was received yefterday evenirg from admiral ear howe to mr stephens da'ed tha d?.y eff dtimcfe irt the flc of wight giving an account of i.is fafe arri val with fix captucd hips of the line rnt n tioned in his former letter of the 2 inft and with a < reat part o his majefty's fleet under his command having fent the re mainder i to plymouth sound i he fol lowing are the returns of the kilied 2nd vounced on board his majefty's hips in the actions wi-h the french fleet rn the 8th and 29th of may and the ift inft n.-u i\io of the numbers killed and wou.kled on board the french hips captured and funk on the lait mentioned day a return of the kil.'ed and wounded on beard his majefty's hips total killed 235 â€” total wounded 66g admirals captains and lieutennanr killed and wounded on board his majef ty's mips kill h 14 â€” wounded 40 signed howe an account of the kil'ed and wounded on board the french hips cap u red and funk lejuite ico killed 145 wounded mans parcil 260 120 l'ameriqus 174 no l'achillc 36 30 noi tl.umberland 60 100 l'lmpcieucux 100 75 690 63o le vengeur o funk ls jacobin iunk in action no body faved of the sth dragoons fent out in the morn ing was furrounded and taken before gif tell as far as we can ud;e frcm appear ance kieuportand oitend wiilbc abandon ed to them in the courfe of two days with out linking a b'o for the inundations have not rroduced the expected effect " i he french have again puffed the hm bre and inverted cluvkroi wlih more nu merous forces than before fo that we have no iiflirhrjce to hope from tha quarter but much to fear duke of v'irk's army june 18 between eleven and ye!ve o'clock we had the intelligence of a ciange of pofition communicated to u and l>out t rce o'clock ihe troops began to move off ihe ground in two columns the fir.t command ed by he arch-duke charles t^e fecond by his r iyai highness the dake.of y k w 'â– : eroded ths scheldt by two pon'on b i lg-.d thrown over ihn river 10 the ijht of ir j 11 â€¢ hes and proceeded through rain obycs and herinncs to pottc v/iv-rr thecolu n of his royal l.i.ihnefs reiued upon t eirarms tint of prl ce charles was of coarfc in front we arrived on cir ground about two oclock rn the morning of june 19 when we were informed that wsw o halt till between ftven anj eight ov . c 2nd by this time the troops ere ex tej to have a day's provifions cooked to carry with them e ; g it an me o'clock c..ne however without the appearance of mov ing and his oyal hi^hnefs the duke was f:en riding to tne head.<juafttrsof the arch d ke more than once between nine and ten o'clock we w^re informed that the french had again croffb \ the sambre and th;*t it was necefiary we fhould refume our pnfiiionbe'ore tournay ; of ccarfe with rduciant hearts we again took a retfig4.de motion and returned to tournay in the evening where we a rived about f>s o'clock without forming any ve ry favourable ideas of the ntuation a!loited to us all hopes of poffefriig courrray and railing the liege of ypres appeared at an end our ouc pods had recroffed the scheldt i:i the morning nd were ve>y near thofe of the enemy by which means we were unfortunate em-u^h to lofe the commanding officer of an out pi quet of ca valry commarding the advance on th cliaufe of co^rtray tune o this morning a council of war was held st head-quarters the refu't of whi:h is not known but every thing bears tne appeir ance of o\x.c fettling back as the enemy are in very great fcrcc in every direction tune 26 although no official accounts have yet bsen received of the capture of ypres tlv re has been but too much reafon to fear that the garnfon has been necellitated to furrender a letter has been received from cftend announcing the general belief of this news at that place ,' and we confider it indeed as certain the following are faid to be the genera terms of capitulation : thegarrifon confining of about 7000 men to b a'lowed the honours of war ; to march oiu with colours flying and drums beanng on a promif not to fight againlt the french during the prefent campaign . two hundred and feventr emigrants who formed a part of the garrifon were in c'uded in the capitulation the enemy are faid to have fnfifted that three of the prin cipal emigrant officers hould be given up as traitors to their country which was re ifted by baron sails the commandant and a length acceded to by the french yeiteniay letters were received from

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nortth-carolina gazette vol p saturday september 6 17^4 n 452 l o n d o n l yesterday mr syiifter thernef fencer arrived a t : c i\r-::-r v sotlke wi h difpa* ''â€¢ : lo d :; gazette whitehall juni 17 a left r ot which the f 1 cwirfg is a copy wa la(t night re < ived from ra,ajor general a.cxanri-r stewut by the right hon henry du i.das his m sjefl/'s principal fee retary of late for the home de artinent . cjlend junt 14 1704 sfr i think it try cvy to inform you that lieuccnnant coione pitcairn wi !\ the 3th light draggopns and the 8th and 55th ie g rr.en of to :, joinedthis garrifon yeder tlay moriiir m yr gcaenl dc ebmmerftoin une'er whofe comniduu they were had failed irt n tctack he mtuie the d y before on avery fuperio u.x:x of the en my f t ghift af ter a\t aâ‚¬lfon he retreated to thorcut arra ia ihe r.igi.t falling b.rck himfclf with ire h-.ro7eiians to big , he ordered he briuih w'onps r u.eii r utenu n colonel pitcairn fpeaks % r ery r vourahje of ti c j.da of tl.efe regiinents jjubjoi'.i d is a lift of the killed wounded and miffing 1 hsvc ihe honour to be sir your rrot obedient humble lervant alex 8'iewart major genera cctnmnndi g at oftend toÂ»the tiight hon henry dundas cc return of the killed we unded 2nd r .â– f fing of the brtifh troops en the 1 th of jun t7q4 at g f s 38th re o inn.rr 1 private killed 1 fer jeant and 2 rank and iiic vrounded j 4 i^if sy regiment 1 ferjeant and 4 privates ki le ! ; 1 officers 2 ferjeants a id 2 pri v?.t s wounded ; 9 privates rrriijaig tu:al i ferjeant and 5 privates killed 2 rflicers 5 ierjear.ts and 31 privates wounded ; 13 privates miffing officers wounded captain james lumfdsin ami lieutennant wild ajmlriiiyrjfce jine 14 1794 a letter was received yefterday evenirg from admiral ear howe to mr stephens da'ed tha d?.y eff dtimcfe irt the flc of wight giving an account of i.is fafe arri val with fix captucd hips of the line rnt n tioned in his former letter of the 2 inft and with a < reat part o his majefty's fleet under his command having fent the re mainder i to plymouth sound i he fol lowing are the returns of the kilied 2nd vounced on board his majefty's hips in the actions wi-h the french fleet rn the 8th and 29th of may and the ift inft n.-u i\io of the numbers killed and wou.kled on board the french hips captured and funk on the lait mentioned day a return of the kil.'ed and wounded on beard his majefty's hips total killed 235 â€” total wounded 66g admirals captains and lieutennanr killed and wounded on board his majef ty's mips kill h 14 â€” wounded 40 signed howe an account of the kil'ed and wounded on board the french hips cap u red and funk lejuite ico killed 145 wounded mans parcil 260 120 l'ameriqus 174 no l'achillc 36 30 noi tl.umberland 60 100 l'lmpcieucux 100 75 690 63o le vengeur o funk ls jacobin iunk in action no body faved of the sth dragoons fent out in the morn ing was furrounded and taken before gif tell as far as we can ud;e frcm appear ance kieuportand oitend wiilbc abandon ed to them in the courfe of two days with out linking a b'o for the inundations have not rroduced the expected effect " i he french have again puffed the hm bre and inverted cluvkroi wlih more nu merous forces than before fo that we have no iiflirhrjce to hope from tha quarter but much to fear duke of v'irk's army june 18 between eleven and ye!ve o'clock we had the intelligence of a ciange of pofition communicated to u and l>out t rce o'clock ihe troops began to move off ihe ground in two columns the fir.t command ed by he arch-duke charles t^e fecond by his r iyai highness the dake.of y k w 'â– : eroded ths scheldt by two pon'on b i lg-.d thrown over ihn river 10 the ijht of ir j 11 â€¢ hes and proceeded through rain obycs and herinncs to pottc v/iv-rr thecolu n of his royal l.i.ihnefs reiued upon t eirarms tint of prl ce charles was of coarfc in front we arrived on cir ground about two oclock rn the morning of june 19 when we were informed that wsw o halt till between ftven anj eight ov . c 2nd by this time the troops ere ex tej to have a day's provifions cooked to carry with them e ; g it an me o'clock c..ne however without the appearance of mov ing and his oyal hi^hnefs the duke was f:en riding to tne head.s o'clock without forming any ve ry favourable ideas of the ntuation a!loited to us all hopes of poffefriig courrray and railing the liege of ypres appeared at an end our ouc pods had recroffed the scheldt i:i the morning nd were ve>y near thofe of the enemy by which means we were unfortunate em-u^h to lofe the commanding officer of an out pi quet of ca valry commarding the advance on th cliaufe of co^rtray tune o this morning a council of war was held st head-quarters the refu't of whi:h is not known but every thing bears tne appeir ance of o\x.c fettling back as the enemy are in very great fcrcc in every direction tune 26 although no official accounts have yet bsen received of the capture of ypres tlv re has been but too much reafon to fear that the garnfon has been necellitated to furrender a letter has been received from cftend announcing the general belief of this news at that place ,' and we confider it indeed as certain the following are faid to be the genera terms of capitulation : thegarrifon confining of about 7000 men to b a'lowed the honours of war ; to march oiu with colours flying and drums beanng on a promif not to fight againlt the french during the prefent campaign . two hundred and feventr emigrants who formed a part of the garrifon were in c'uded in the capitulation the enemy are faid to have fnfifted that three of the prin cipal emigrant officers hould be given up as traitors to their country which was re ifted by baron sails the commandant and a length acceded to by the french yeiteniay letters were received from